The Gospel Part 2

Click below to listen to the audio recording from the evening with Rafael's awesome teaching on the Incarnation and the Trinity.  

Below is Episode 5 of "The Search" -- Rafa showed parts of this during his teaching.  You can watch the entire episode (and even all previous episodes of this amazing, highly recommended series) for FREE.  If you follow these instructions to set up your account through St. Vincent's FREE gift to you.

**NOTE once you have set up your account and are signed in, THEN, click the picture below to get to Ep. 5 of the Search 

Try reading through an entire Gospel in the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John).  The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels.  Perhaps read it in one sitting (Fr. Alex told us last year that it took him four hours), or perhaps try to do it by next week -- read 2-3 chapters a day and you will be done by next week (it's only 16 chapters).  You could also simply read for 5-10 minutes a day in the Gospel until you finish (this might take you a couple weeks or a month). *You could also listen to the audio Bible on the Ascension App for free.

• As you read, engage the Holy Spirit in conversation about what you are reading, ask Him questions that come up for you and press-in to hear an answer. 
• Ask Jesus to give you wisdom and revelation -- to see and hear what His truth is, and how He wants you to apply it to your own life. 
  • Ask the Holy Spirit to help you realize the behind the scenes feelings and details in each story that the author of the Gospel didn't have time to record and flesh out.  
    • *Remember, all the people Jesus encountered, and Jesus Himself (fully God AND fully man) were/are real people with real emotions, mannerisms, back-stories and the same God-shaped holes in their hearts longing for fulfillment and love. 
  • Let the stories come alive as you engage in the prayer practice that engages Scripture with our Holy Spirit led imagination, lectio divina (divine reading) --more on this one in October as well!